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  • Democrats won't see Trump tax returns - White House

    Date: 2019-04-07 19:34:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7886481

    WASHINGTON, April 7 (MENA) - Several Republicans and close aides to US President Donald Trump spent Sunday morning ridiculing House Democrats' repeated requests to see the president's tax returns, with one senator dubbing the demand "moronic" and ....

  • Tech giants face UK ban over over terror, abuse videos

    Date: 2019-04-07 19:23:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:7886426

    LONDON, April 7 (MENA) - Social media firms could be banned from the UK if they fail to stop users viewing or sharing terrorist content and combating child sex abuse under new duty of care laws to be unveiled on Monday. UK home secretary Sajid ....

  • Cyclone Idai's death toll rises to 847

    Date: 2019-04-07 18:19:06 GMT - Mozambique - World - SN:77 - ID:7886419

    MAPUTO, April 7 (MENA) - Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of food, water and shelter after Cyclone Idai battered Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi, Euronews reported. As of Sunday, at least 847 people had been reported killed by the ....

  • Pakistan warns India against 'misadventure'

    Date: 2019-04-07 18:16:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:75 - ID:7886348

    ISLAMABAD, April 7 (MENA) - Pakistan's Foreign Office summoned the Indian deputy high commissioner and handed him a demarche to convey Islamabad's objections. "India has been strongly warned by Pakistan in case of any planned misadventure", the ....

  • Attaining universal health coverage is possible - WHO

    Date: 2019-04-07 13:47:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:53 - ID:7885685

    GENEVA, April 7 (MENA) - Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom asserted that all countries have committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2030. To meet that target, we need to see 1 billion people ....

  • Plane evacuated at Moscow’s airport after bomb threat

    Date: 2019-04-06 18:53:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:7884913

    MOSCOW, April 6 (MENA) - The passengers of a plane on the tarmac of Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Saturday were evacuated in response to a bomb threat on the plane which was bound for Tokyo, an air source told TASS. "The Moscow-Tokyo flight was ....

  • 3 dead in blast at Iranian military shipyard

    Date: 2019-04-06 17:39:01 GMT - Iran - World - SN:51 - ID:7884471

    TEHRAN, April 6 (MENA) - A submarine battery exploded at an Iranian military shipyard on Saturday, killing three workers, The New York Times cited the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) TV news channel as saying. "Three Defense Ministry ....

  • Three Afghan killed, 19 injured in Jalalabad explosion

    Date: 2019-04-06 08:59:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7883877

    KABUL, April 6 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and 19 others were wounded on Saturday when twin explosions hit Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of eastern Nangarhar province. Provincial governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani ....

  • 2 Afghan soldiers wounded in Nangarhar explosion

    Date: 2019-04-06 07:43:59 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:7883787

    KABUL, April 6 (MENA) - Two Afghan soldiers affiliated with the border troops were wounded in an explosion in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. Attaullah Khogyani, the ....

  • US Congress to sue Trump over Border Wall funds

    Date: 2019-04-06 07:31:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7883732

    WASHINGTON, April 6 (MENA) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Democrats will sue to prevent what they say is President Donald Trump’s “stealing” of billions of dollars from federal programs and diverting it to building barriers along the US-Mexico ....

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